Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies

I am in charge of the afternoon carpool for the high school kids this year. This is almost always entertaining, since it is absolutely impossible to predict what teenagers will talk about.

One day, someone said, “Friends help you hide, but real friends help you hide bodies.” Which turned into a discussion about dead bodies, and the sizes of body bags that exist, and whether you could fit two small people in one large body bag.

Another day, they were quoting “Finding Nemo,” of all things. {Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!}

This week has been all about who is taking who to the school dance, and what color her dress is, what dance-day activities are planned, and the cost of corsages.

Personally, I think group date activities should be like these cookies… just the slightest bit different from the norm.

These cookies were inspired by one gorgeous bag of dark brown sugar.

When I was a kid, I didn’t even know dark brown sugar existed. I’m so glad I’m not a kid anymore!

In case you were wondering, brown sugar is basically regular sugar with molasses in it. And dark brown sugar has more molasses than regular old light brown sugar. More molasses means more moisture. And more moisture makes softer, chewier cookies.

Soft, chewy cookies with a rich molasses flavor. Match made in heaven, if you ask me.

7 thoughts on “Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Cookies”

I love this recipe! It doesn’t make too many cookies, which is just what I was looking for. I substituted wheat flour for the white, and I used coconut sugar instead of white sugar and brown sugar (coconut sugar is brown anyway). It will be my go-to recipe from now on!

Ive been trying for months to find another good chocolate chip cookie recipe because I’ve lost my favorite, and chocolate chip are my boyfriend’s all time favorite cookies and this is the best recipe Ive used hands down. The only adjustment I made was making my own brown sugar and using 1 1/4 cup and lessening the white sugar to 1/4, simply because I like more brown sugar. The cookies still come out perfect 3ither way though, with original sugar proportions or minor changes. Thanks so much i finally have a great recipe I’m making sure to keep forever!

These are not the greatest cookie. They have a strange consistency and the bottom doesn’t crisp up like a regular chocolate chip cookie. They also did not turn golden brown. They stayed a light color even though they were completely baked through. If I had left them in any longer, they would have been very hard to chew. I will absolutely go back to the traditional recipe.